Strange title, but that sums up what I’ve been up to. I decided our front lawn — which desperately needs a mow, Mr. Saver, ahem — needed some color and sprucing up. So I bought some mums that are just starting to bloom and put them out. Two big ones with red flowers are at […]

If your 401(k) took a huge hit thanks to the recent recession (some would argue it was a depression), you’re not alone. Employees across the country saw their retirement savings balances dwindle — and some panicked, moving their money out of their 401(k) accounts and into much more conservative investments like CDs and savings bonds.

While I didn’t accomplish everything on my to-do list this weekend, I did make some headway. Got a bit of a game plan going in terms of how to tackle the upstairs ‘hunting lodge’ and need to pick up some things at Home Depot. We helped some good friends move, and spent minimal $$$ this […]

There are a lot of things I’d like to accomplish this weekend (besides catching up on sleep). I bought more curtains for the dining room to fill it out, since they were finally on sale again (buy one, get one 50% off). But they didn’t have the valances in my color, so I will still […]

Picked up the thank-you cards from the photographer. I know I’ve been running behind on this (it’s been five months since our wedding), but I’m ready to attack them this week. Hopefully I will have them all finished this weekend and sent out. Of course, this means I have to go buy about five books […]

As the pictures shows, Mr. Saver and I had a pretty good weekend (although I did *not* partake of the beer in the quantity of these overlarge steins). We attended an Oktoberfest in Vernon on Saturday, which was a lot of fun and reasonably priced. There was no charge for parking or admission, and […]